Fan hitting the shroud started after installing a new radiator, I could snip off some should on the passenger side and that would fix it till it came back. This morning it was too bad to drive especially in reverse.
Ideas?
I found an old thread here a guy had a similar problem and suspected his motor mounts - or at least one motor mount - but i did not see whatever happened.

Edit: this afternoon I tried to recreate the problem but no luck. Engine does not jump putting in gear so I'm thinking mm are okay. Maybe just get the dremel out and cut off the shroud where it's close? Better than a shattered fan.

 

You might want to pull the shroud off, to make sure it is secured properly and if so, check to make sure the radiator is secured properly. Whatever the cause I'm pretty sure it hasn't fixed itself on its own.

 

With a stock radiator, there are tabs on the lower shroud that go into slots. Might you have missed them when you reinstalled the shroud?

I learned about this when I had to modify my shroud to fit a larger radiator. I had to install some metal plumbers tape to keep it in place.

 

can you remove and reposition the shroud without messing with the fan and radiator?

 

If the problem started after installing a new radiator, I'd suspect that the fan shroud was installed slightly askew.

You can reposition the shroud without removing the radiator or fan. Just unbolt it and shift it around. If you want to remove it completely, you may need to remove the fan as well. That's pretty easy though.

 

I see by scrolling down to "Related topics" that I am not the first one with this issue. Thank you responders for your patience!

 

It's tight, but you are able to remove the lower shroud without removing anything... getting it back in is harder then taking it out, but still doable...

 

Rather than take it back for the 3rd time to the shop that replaced that radiator I crawled under and took a look. I think what happened is he did not replace the radiator with a stock one. The shroud would not replace properly so he cut away part of it and pulled it to one side with zip ties in an attempt to mitigate the fan-to-shroud contact. <Sigh>

 

Oh geez.

First off, I find it hard to imagine that a replacement radiator that is supposed to be an OEM replacement would cause such a problem unless the radiator was installed incorrectly.

A possible issue could be that the bushings into which the alignment pins on the bottom of the radiator go could have been worn or even dropped out. I'd check these while your inspecting what is going on. (part #12 here: https://nemigaparts.com/cat_spares/e...t/01/ts01-547/)

Second, this is why I try to do my own repair work. I've even had issues with a dealership missing important and obvious things. Once was when they were to replace my idler arm and missed that one of the transmission cooling lines was about to wear through due to contact with the idler arm bracket. Second was when I wanted them to repair my parking brake and it came back worse.